In a couple weeks I will begin the last semester of my European Masters program in Madrid. But before I go to Spain, tonight I am going to Tel Aviv, Israel. Much of the media is currently focused on Trump, his Executive Orders and administration appointments that undermine progress, neglect equality and justice. Protestors and a few legislators are voraciously opposing …

The Art of Building Barriers I met a German man whose been living in Spain while on my tour in Jordan, his name is Jense. He was driving up North from Eilat the next day. Since I needed to head all the way north to Tel Aviv I decided to ride with him as far as he goes and then …

[I can write whole essays about these two cities and this one country, but I tried my best not to] “You will find lots of people in Jericho who have African backgrounds and will look like you, so don’t worry!” A Palestinian named Salah, whose father is Black–although Salah looks white, said the above quote to me before I left …

It started with Israelis, Palestinians, American Jews, Europeans, one guy from Japan, and me standing around a bonfire… Sulha Once a month an organization called Sulha, made up of Israelis and Palestinians, gathers together to practice peace and “meet to encounter the other in our full humanity.” At each meeting they choose a topic, this month was gender, and have …

“Jericho is like Africa.” -Muhammad, Palestinian from Jericho who goes to EcoMe to learn English If there are multiple forms of resistance: being in a community that is like a bubble or being in one that mimics all the realities, good and bad, of the world–I always and every time will choose the world. I don’t enjoy misery, but to …